This grant, offered by the Sedimentary Geology and Paleobiology program, is for advancing understanding of the deep-time sedimentary crust and investigating environmental change and biosphere evolution through the pre-Holocene geologic record. It funds research across key areas: life’s evolution, ecology, environments, and biogeography via fossils/geochemical proxies; geological processes shaping the sedimentary lithosphere and resource formation; new geochronological methods for pre-Holocene events; and sediment production, transport, and deposition. Projects using modern or Holocene samples must demonstrate clear relevance to deep-time geological, environmental, and biological processes.
Opportunity ID: 359406
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | 22-597 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Sedimentary Geology and Paleobiology |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Science and Technology and other Research and Development |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 30 |
| Assistance Listings: | 47.050 — Geosciences |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Jun 06, 2025 |
| Last Updated Date: | Jun 06, 2025 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | – Proposals accepted anytime |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | – Proposals accepted anytime |
| Archive Date: | Jun 07, 2025 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $10,400,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | – |
| Award Floor: | – |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | – |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | U.S. National Science Foundation |
| Description: | Sedimentary Geology and Paleobiology supports innovative research that advances understanding of the deep-time sedimentarycrust and investigates environmental change and evolution of the biosphere through the pre-Holocene geologic record. The program seeks to fundprojects that focus on: (1) the evolution of life, ecology, environments, and biogeography based on the study of fossils, sediments and/or geochemical proxies; (2) geological processes forming and shaping the Earth’s sedimentary lithosphere –including the study of mechanisms leading to rich organic and inorganic resources locked in rock sequences; (3) new geochronological projects aiming to measuretherate andsequenceofeventsofpre-Holocenesedimentary and biological (fossil) processes; and (4) the production, transportation,anddepositionofphysical, bioclasticandchemicalsediments of the geologic record.Projects that are focused on the study of modern and/or Holocene sedimentary, geochemical and/or biological samples should clearly address how the project will lead to understanding of deep-time (pre-Holocene) geological, environmental, and biological (fossil) processes. |
| Link to Additional Information: | NSF Publication 22-597 |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
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